Transcript 01/12/12 - Francis Salazar (carryover)

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Cruise In and Win Week

Francis Salazar
Patchogue, NY
Special Ed teacher


Francis is soon to be a dad. His wife, Carrie, who's in the audience, is pregnant with their first baby. With the money he wins, they're hoping to get a nursery done.


Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Couch Time
?: Sign Here
?: Defining Duo
?: Chapter Book
?: Color My World
?: Flying First
?: Laughter and Literature
?: Film Bites *Disney Cruise Line question*
?: [Jumped]
?: $10,000


Francis has $10,000 in his bank, with one Jump The Question lifeline left. If he gets this next question right, he wins a Disney cruise, regardless of what happens later.


Question #3 - Level ?: *Disney Cruise Line question*
Macaulay Culkin sports a scar on his finger where what actor bit it during filming of the 1990 movie "Home Alone"?

A: Joe Pesci B: Danny DeVito
C: Robert De Niro D: James Caen

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Joe Pesci
Question Value: $3,000 + Cruise
Bank: $13,000

Question #4 - Level ?: Laughter and Literature
Poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox is perhaps best known for penning the line "Laugh, and the world" what?

A: Laughs at you B: Remembers to laugh
C: Laughs with you D: Ceases to laugh

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Laughs with you
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $38,000

Question #5 - Level ?: Flying First
Famous for being the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic, what type of aircraft is "The Spirit of Butts Farm"?

A: Jetpack B: Model Airplane
C: Paraglider D: Paper plane

Francis doesn't know this at all. He thinks

Spoiler

B

would make the most sense, but it is that easy? His wife will kill him if he loses the money.

Meredith: Well, what do you want to do? It's your game!

Francis: I've been married two years and I already found out it's not what I want to do.

Francis jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Model Airplane
Question Value: $100
Bank: $38,000

Question #6 - Level ?: Color My World
In 1958, Crayola introduced its box of 64 crayons, which was the first to include a built-in what?

A: Scissors B: Eraser
C: Sharpener D: Coloring book

Francis remembers having one back in 1984. He hopes they didn't change it that much.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Sharpener
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $40,000

Question #7 - Level ?: Chapter Book
Of the following chapter titles in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," which one comes last in the book?

A: Mecca B: Harlemite
C: Caught D: Hustler

Francis has no idea. He walks away with $20,000.

Answer

A: Mecca

-- Commercial Break --

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Question #3 - Level ?: *Disney Cruise Line question*
Macaulay Culkin sports a scar on his finger where what actor bit it during filming of the 1990 movie "Home Alone"?

A: Joe Pesci B: Danny DeVito
C: Robert De Niro D: James Caen

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Joe Pesci
Question Value: $3,000 + Cruise
Bank: $13,000

That was nice of 'em. Only one of these actors was in the movie.

Question #5 - Level ?: Flying First
Famous for being the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic, what type of aircraft is "The Spirit of Butts Farm"?

A: Jetpack B: Model Airplane
C: Paraglider D: Paper plane

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Model Airplane
Question Value: $100
Bank: $38,000

Try process of elimination -- Paper plane is impossible. Same with paraglider. Jetpack, I dunno. That requires a human pilot, and I don't think a human can maintain the necessary strength and alertness required to operate a jetpack for the length of such a long flight. Model airplane, final answer.

Question #6 - Level ?: Color My World
In 1958, Crayola introduced its box of 64 crayons, which was the first to include a built-in what?

A: Scissors B: Eraser
C: Sharpener D: Coloring book

Francis remembers having one back in 1984. He hopes they didn't change it that much.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Sharpener
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $40,000

Only the rich kids had this at my school.

Question #7 - Level ?: Chapter Book
Of the following chapter titles in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," which one comes last in the book?

A: Mecca B: Harlemite
C: Caught D: Hustler

Francis has no idea. He walks away with $20,000.

Answer

A: Mecca

By any means necessary. OK, JTQ.

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Question #5 - Level ?: Flying First
Famous for being the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic, what type of aircraft is "The Spirit of Butts Farm"?

A: Jetpack B: Model Airplane
C: Paraglider D: Paper plane

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Model Airplane
Question Value: $100
Bank: $38,000

Try process of elimination -- Paper plane is impossible. Same with paraglider. Jetpack, I dunno. That requires a human pilot, and I don't think a human can maintain the necessary strength and alertness required to operate a jetpack for the length of such a long flight. Model airplane, final answer.

Good reasoning. I was thinking the limiting factor for a jetpack would be the fuel supply. There have been popular videos recently of people zipping around with those things, but I think those flights last only a couple minutes or so. No way someone could have crossed the Atlantic with one of those! And if someone had, it would have made an unforgettable news splash.

But, uhhh, just how "famous" is "The Spirit of Butts Farm"? It has a Wikipedia page, but that doesn't list any particularly big sources for its data.

Still, I'm impressed with its accomplishment. I was also wondering about its fuel supply; it apparently managed with only about 32 oz!

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Ah, it may not have been the flight that got the question writers' attention, but the obituary of its creator, Maynard Hill, who died on June 7, last year. This obit goes into the whole story of the model airplane's development and flight.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obi ... print.html

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Cruise In and Win Week

Francis Salazar
Patchogue, NY
Special Ed teacher

Francis is soon to be a dad. His wife, Carrie, who's in the audience, is pregnant with their first baby. With the money he wins, they're hoping to get a nursery done.

Good reasons to root for him.

Meredith: Well, what do you want to do? It's your game!

Francis: I've been married two years and I already found out it's not what I want to do.

Smart man!

I don't know how I would have fared on the first part of his stack, but as for this part, it's nihil obstat®.